Pleasant Living Magazine

We’re excited to congratulate the following winners of the 2010 Best Secrets of the River Country!  Our readers voted for their favorites in the following 25 categories—from Best Antique Shop and Best Bank, to Best Coffee and Ice Cream.  Every year, PL readers continue to reveal the many wonderful secrets along the main streets and back roads of the River Country. 

Keep watch for the Pleasant Living announcements around the River Country identifying our Best Secrets winners, and be sure to stop in to wish them your personal congratulations!  

The 2011 Best Secrets Contest is already in launch mode!  Now you can also vote online.  Click on “Contests” on the left column on our home page, and follow the prompts. 

Antique Shop/ Kilmarnock Antiques/Kilmarnock VA/804-435-1207

Auto Repair Shop/ Chandler’s Auto Repair/Urbanna VA/804-758-8042

Bank/ EVB / Tappahannock VA/804-443-6353

Barbeque/ Something Different Country Store and Deli/Urbanna VA/804-758-8000

Bookstore/ Twice Told Tales /Gloucester VA/804-435-9201

Breakfast Hotspot/ Cross Street Coffee /Urbanna VA/804-758-1002

B&B or Hotel/ Hope and Glory Inn /Irvington VA/800-497-8228

Contractor/Allen Group/Urbanna VA/804-758-2037

Dentist/ Dr. Eric Miller, D.D.S. /Urbanna VA/804-758-1103

Doctor/ Dr. James R. Robusto, Urbanna Family Practice/804-758-3941

Furniture Selection/ W.F. Booth & Sons /Kilmarnock VA/804-435-1329

Gift Shop/ Coffman's /Hartfield, VA/804-776-0222

Golf Course/ Piankatank River Golf Course /Hartfield VA/804-776-6516

Hair Salon/ Hair by Sarah/Hartfield VA/804-776-0061

Ice Cream/ Bethpage Ice Creamery/Urbanna VA/804-758-4653

Jeweler/ Vashti's Jewelry & Gift Shoppe /Gloucester VA/804-693-3434

Musician/ Jumbo Lump Daddy and the Backfin Boys/Find them on Facebook!

Non-chain Clothing/ Cyndy's Bynn /Urbanna VA/804-758-3756

Pet Service/ Gone to the Dogs /Topping VA/804-758-2533

Pizza/ Colonial Pizza/Urbanna VA/804-758-4079

Realtor/ Mason Realty /Saluda VA/804-776-9295

Retirement Home/ Rappahannock Westminister Canterbury /Irvington VA/804-438-4000

Seafood/ J & W Seafood /Deltaville VA/804-776-6400

Vet/ Kilmarnock Animal Hospital/Kilmarnock VA/804-435-6320

Wine Selection/ White Stone Wine and Cheese /White Stone VA/804-435-2000

Attention 2010 Winners: If you do not see your website listed above, it means we couldn't find your site!  If you have a website and would like it posted, please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it us!

Welcome to PL’s Where Is It? Contest, a simple, fun challenge to find a hidden drawing, certain to keep you poring carefully over our pages! The drawing is hidden in every copy of every issue and looks like the crab image shown below.

We’ve concealed this image in three (3) different places in the magazine. It may be hidden in a photo, illustration, in an article or an ad—and it could be a different size, maybe smaller than you think! Find all three drawings and enter our Where Is It? Contest for exciting prizes! It costs nothing to enter.